(For none inveigh against poetic measures

But those that never had Pandora's treasures)

Yet such a shoal of ignorants I find,

'Tis thought the greater part o' th' world is blind;

That, maugre all my scourges, in the dark

60Against the Muses they will snarl and bark.

Let wingèd-sandalled Hermes post to call

And summon them unto thy judgement hall,

That you may know their rage is want of brains.'

Hermes took post, and brought the silly trains.